The Donald F. Moylan, M.D. Collection of American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts, Part II

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Lot 87

A Prisoner of War Carved Bone Ship Model of the Sea Flower

A Prisoner of War Carved Bone Ship Model of the Sea Flower

19th Century

identified HMS / Sea Flower, base.
Overall height 14 1/2 x width of base 17 1/2 x depth of base 7 1/4 inches; length of ship 13 inches.

The HMS Sea Flower was a sixteen-gun brig sloop purchased by the Royal Navy in April 1782. She was captured by the French frigate Manche, under Captain Jean Dornal de Guy, near Bengkulu on September 29, 1808, during the Mauritius Campaign.

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Mr. Fisher rejoined the firm in 2019 after working as a specialist in the American Furniture and Folk Art department at Sotheby’s New York. His areas of expertise include 18th, 19th, and 20th century American, Continental, and English furniture, decorative and folk art. Before coming to Hindman in 2013, Mr. Fisher worked in European Furniture and Decorative Arts in Philadelphia. He began his career working for a prints dealer focusing on works from the 16th through the 20th centuries.

Ms. Vogelpohl joined the firm in 2013 as a cataloger in the American and European Furniture and Decorative Arts department. She became a department specialist in 2017, focusing on American decorative arts and silver. She received a BA from the College of Charleston and an MLITT in Art History from the University of Glasgow.

The Donald F. Moylan, M.D. Collection of American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts, Part II

A Prisoner of War Carved Bone Ship Model of the Sea Flower

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